The ne plus ultra of metatextual bad movie celebration, "It Came from the Neo-Futurarium" has brought us nine solid years of gleefully cheap laughs. Running every summer, each week the Neos take the screenplay of a terrible movie (such The Cross and the Switchblade) and do a glorified staged reading, adding dollar-store props. Each script is performed with the sort of reverence more often reserved for the works of Shakespeare, in the steadfast conviction that truly rotten cinema is hilarious enough without the need for snark. more ›

There are bad movies, there are really bad movies, and there are bad movies that are so bad that they're good. And then there's Troll 2. A straight-to-VHS horror flick which featured no trolls, bore no relationship whatsoever to Troll 1, and showcased more righteously bad acting than seem possible for 95 minutes, Troll 2 was so bad that it became renowned for its badness. So renowned, in fact, that eventually it accrued a coveted cult status: it has long since shed its infamous IMDB anointment as "worst film of all-time" and become a midnight staple of art house cinemas everywhere. more ›

"The imminent arrival of actual, calendar-based summer a little more than a week from now means that movie summer has been going on for almost two months," writes A. O. Scott. "And that means it is a perfect time to start complaining about how bad the summer movies are." For sure. more ›

Chicago Public Radio's Sound Opinions continues its occasional film series with a screening of the "rock opera" Jesus Christ Superstar at the Music Box on December 3. Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot will be on hand to introduce the movie. Advance tickets are $9. more ›

Picture Showgirls as a chamber piece, looking like it cost about $14.99 to produce and starring a lumpy clone of Fabio. That's a close approximation of The Room. And it's coming to the Music Box this weekend. more ›